dē-vinco

victor, ōris, m. [vinco].

In gen., a conqueror, vanquisher, victor.

Prop.

Absol.:

quod (sc. stipendium) victores victis imponere consuērint,

Caes. B. G. 1, 44:

multa victori, eorum arbitrio, per quos vicit, etiam invito facienda sunt,

Cic. Fam. 4, 9, 3.—

With gen.:

omnium gentium victor,

Cic. Pis. 7, 16:

ille exercitus tot divitissimarum gentium victor,

Curt. 10, 2, 11:

Atheniensium,

id. 3, 10, 4; 3, 10, 7; 6, 6, 4;

7, 10, 6.—Esp., with belli or bellorum: ut meus victor vir belli clueat,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 15:

cujus belli (i. e. cum Antiocho) victor L. Scipio laudem adsumpsit, etc.,

Cic. Mur. 14, 31:

victores bellorum civilium vincere,

id. Marcell. 4, 12; Tac. A. 1, 19:

Camillus trium simul bellorum victor,

Liv. 6, 4, 1:

Paulum tanti belli victorem,

id. 45, 36, 7; Vell. 2, 55, 2; Stat. Th. 9, 625:

Macedones, tot bellorum in Europā victores,

Curt. 3, 10, 4; Tac. H. 2, 28; 4, 58; cf.:

omnis generis certaminum (Hercules),

Vell. 1, 8, 2:

pancratii,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 79.—

With abl.:

cum civili bello victor iratus respondit, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 56:

bello civili victores victosque numquam coalescere,

Tac. H. 2, 7 Halm (Ritter, belli civilis).—

Fig. (rare;

not in Cic.): animus libidinis et divitiarum victor,

master of, Sall. J. 63, 2:

victor propositi,

successful in, Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 11.—

Esp.

Victor, the Conquering, the Victorious, an epithet of Jupiter, Inscr. Grut. 23, 8 sq.—Of Hercules, Macr. S. 8, 6.—

In appos., = vincens, superior.

Prop., victorious, conquering (cf. Zumpt, § 102, n. 2; Madv. § 60, obs. 2).

Of living beings:

tantum exercitum victorem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 20 fin.:

pejus victoribus Sequanis, quam Aeduis victis accidisse,

id. ib. 1, 31:

galli (aves) victi silere solent, canere victores,

Cic. Div. 2, 26, 56:

victores Graii,

Ov. M. 13, 414:

equus,

Verg. G. 3, 499:

taurus,

Luc. 2, 605; cf. Verg. A. 2, 329; 10, 409; 11, 565; Ov. M. 2, 437.—Esp., with discedo, abeo, redeo, revertor, etc. (= the more freq. superior discedo, etc.):

victores victis hostibus legiones reveniunt domum,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 33:

meminerant ad Alesiam magnam se inopiam perpessos... maximarum gentium victores discessisse,

Caes. B. C. 3, 47:

ita certe inde abiere Romani ut victores, Etrusci pro victis,

Liv. 2, 7, 3; 34, 19, 2:

nisi victores se redituros ex hac pugnā jurant,

id. 2, 45, 13:

victores reverterunt,

id. 7, 17, 5; Suet. Aug. 1; 29; Val. Max. 1, 8, 5; 8, 7, 1.—

With abl.:

victor virtute fuisset,

Sall. J. 55, 1.—

Of things:

abstulit has (sc. naves)... Aestus, et obnixum victor detrusit in Austrum,

Luc. 9, 334.—

Meton., of or belonging to a conqueror, triumphal:

in curru, Caesar, victore veheris,

Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 47.

Victor, ōris, m.: S. Aurelius, a Roman historian of the fourth century A.D., Amm. 21, 10, 6.

victor, ōris, m. [vinco].

In gen., a conqueror, vanquisher, victor.

Prop.

Absol.:

quod (sc. stipendium) victores victis imponere consuērint,

Caes. B. G. 1, 44:

multa victori, eorum arbitrio, per quos vicit, etiam invito facienda sunt,

Cic. Fam. 4, 9, 3.—

With gen.:

omnium gentium victor,

Cic. Pis. 7, 16:

ille exercitus tot divitissimarum gentium victor,

Curt. 10, 2, 11:

Atheniensium,

id. 3, 10, 4; 3, 10, 7; 6, 6, 4;

7, 10, 6.—Esp., with belli or bellorum: ut meus victor vir belli clueat,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 15:

cujus belli (i. e. cum Antiocho) victor L. Scipio laudem adsumpsit, etc.,

Cic. Mur. 14, 31:

victores bellorum civilium vincere,

id. Marcell. 4, 12; Tac. A. 1, 19:

Camillus trium simul bellorum victor,

Liv. 6, 4, 1:

Paulum tanti belli victorem,

id. 45, 36, 7; Vell. 2, 55, 2; Stat. Th. 9, 625:

Macedones, tot bellorum in Europā victores,

Curt. 3, 10, 4; Tac. H. 2, 28; 4, 58; cf.:

omnis generis certaminum (Hercules),

Vell. 1, 8, 2:

pancratii,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 79.—

With abl.:

cum civili bello victor iratus respondit, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 56:

bello civili victores victosque numquam coalescere,

Tac. H. 2, 7 Halm (Ritter, belli civilis).—

Fig. (rare;

not in Cic.): animus libidinis et divitiarum victor,

master of, Sall. J. 63, 2:

victor propositi,

successful in, Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 11.—

Esp.

Victor, the Conquering, the Victorious, an epithet of Jupiter, Inscr. Grut. 23, 8 sq.—Of Hercules, Macr. S. 8, 6.—

In appos., = vincens, superior.

Prop., victorious, conquering (cf. Zumpt, § 102, n. 2; Madv. § 60, obs. 2).

Of living beings:

tantum exercitum victorem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 20 fin.:

pejus victoribus Sequanis, quam Aeduis victis accidisse,

id. ib. 1, 31:

galli (aves) victi silere solent, canere victores,

Cic. Div. 2, 26, 56:

victores Graii,

Ov. M. 13, 414:

equus,

Verg. G. 3, 499:

taurus,

Luc. 2, 605; cf. Verg. A. 2, 329; 10, 409; 11, 565; Ov. M. 2, 437.—Esp., with discedo, abeo, redeo, revertor, etc. (= the more freq. superior discedo, etc.):

victores victis hostibus legiones reveniunt domum,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 33:

meminerant ad Alesiam magnam se inopiam perpessos... maximarum gentium victores discessisse,

Caes. B. C. 3, 47:

ita certe inde abiere Romani ut victores, Etrusci pro victis,

Liv. 2, 7, 3; 34, 19, 2:

nisi victores se redituros ex hac pugnā jurant,

id. 2, 45, 13:

victores reverterunt,

id. 7, 17, 5; Suet. Aug. 1; 29; Val. Max. 1, 8, 5; 8, 7, 1.—

With abl.:

victor virtute fuisset,

Sall. J. 55, 1.—

Of things:

abstulit has (sc. naves)... Aestus, et obnixum victor detrusit in Austrum,

Luc. 9, 334.—

Meton., of or belonging to a conqueror, triumphal:

in curru, Caesar, victore veheris,

Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 47.

Victor, ōris, m.: S. Aurelius, a Roman historian of the fourth century A.D., Amm. 21, 10, 6.

victus, a, um, Part. of vinco.

victus, ūs (ante-class. collat. form of the gen. sing. victuis, Varr. ap. Non. p. 494, 11:

victi,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 75; also cited ap. Non. p. 484, 10), m. [vivo].

That upon which one lives; sustenance, nourishment, provisions, victuals:

tenuis victus cultusque,

Cic. Lael. 23, 86:

tenuissimus,

id. Fin. 2, 28, 90; id. Quint. 15, 49; id. Tusc. 5, 34, 99; id. Off. 1, 4, 12; Caes. B. G. 6, 22; 6, 23 fin.; Hor. S. 1, 1, 98; 2, 2, 53; dat. victu, Lucil. ap. Gell. 4, 16, 6; Verg. G. 4, 158.— Plur., Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 142; Cic. Fin. 5, 4, 10; Ov. M. 15, 104 al.—

In jurid. lang., necessaries of life, inclusive of clothing, Dig. 50, 16, 43; 50, 16, 44.—

A way of life, mode of living, with reference to the necessities of life (class.; cf.

vita): in victu considerare oportet, apud quos et quo more et cujus arbitratu sit educatus, etc.,

Cic. Inv. 1, 25, 35: consuetudo victūs, manner of living or subsisting, Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

quali igitur victu sapiens utetur?

Hor. S. 2, 2, 63.—Esp., with vita:

Gaius Tuditanus, omni vitā atque victu excultus atque expolitus,

Cic. Brut. 25, 95:

ego autem nobilium vitā victuque mutato mores mutari civitatem puto,

id. Leg. 3, 14, 32:

splendidus non minus in vitā quam victu,

Nep. Alcib. 1, 3.

vincĭbĭlis, e, adj. [vinco].

Pass., that can be easily gained:

causa,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 48.—

Act., conquering, victorious: clangor, i. e. of brazen implements in an eclipse of the moon, Poët. ap. Anth. Lat. Burm. 2, p. 329.

vix, adv. [etym. dub.; perh. from root vic- of vinco], with difficulty, with much ado, hardly, scarcely, barely.

In gen.: quid est, sine his cur vivere velimus? mihi vero cum his ipsis vix;

his autem detractis ne vix quidem,

Cic. Fam. 9, 8, 2:

quae vix aut ne vix quidem adpareant,

id. Fin. 4, 13, 32:

ut vix aut omnino non posset... infirmari sua lex,

id. Att. 3, 23, 2; cf.:

profluens amnis aut vix aut nullo modo, conclusa autem aqua facile corrumpitur,

id. N. D. 2, 7, 20:

vix incedo inanis, ne, etc.,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 174:

vix sum compos animi,

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 12:

vix me contineo, quin involem, etc.,

id. Eun. 5, 2, 20: Thr. Hic sunt tres minae. Gn. Vix, id. ib. 3, 2, 19:

vix in ipsis tectis frigus vitatur,

Cic. Fam. 16, 8, 2:

ego teneo ab accusando vix me hercule: sed tamen teneo,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 2, 2:

Gabinius collegit ipse se vix, sed collegit tamen,

id. Pis. 12, 27:

iter angustum et difficile, vix quā singuli carri ducerentur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 6:

brevi spatio interjecto, vix ut his rebus... administrandis tempus daretur,

id. ib. 3, 4; cf.:

adeo, ut vix ulla possit causa reperiri, Quint. Inst. prooem. § 12: ex hominum milibus LX. vix ad D. sese redactos esse dixerunt,

to scarcely five hundred, Caes. B. G. 2, 28: carcer vix carcere dignus, Lucil. ap. Don. Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 19 et saep.:

ego vix teneor, quin accurram,

Cic. Fam. 16, 24, 2:

vix est, ut id obtineat,

Dig. 41, 1, 7, § 7; so ib. 16, 1, 19 init. —

Strengthened,

By aegre:

vix aegreque amatorculos invenimus,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 27:

vix et aegre,

App. M. 1, p. 111, 10:

vix et aegerrime,

id. ib. 1, p. 108, 40; v. aegre.—

By saltem:

illud vix saltem praecipiendum videtur,

Quint. 6, 4, 15.—

By repetition:

corpus matri vix vixque remissum,

Albin. 1, 167.—

In partic., of time, hardly, scarcely.

Absol.: assum atque advenio Acherunte vix via alta atque ardua, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37 (Trag. Rel. p. 208 Rib.):

ah, vix tandem sensi stolidus!

Ter. And. 3, 1, 12:

vix tandem legi litteras,

Cic. Fam. 3, 9, 1; Cat. 62, 2:

contingat vix deinde mori,

Val. Fl. 7, 537.—

With a foll. cum, and poet. also et, to denote the immediate succession of two events.

With cum:

vix agmen novissimum extra munitiones processerat, cum Galli, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 6, 8:

vix erat hoc plane imperatum, cum illum... videres,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 86:

vix ea fatus erat, geminae cum forte columbae... caelo venere volantes,

Verg. A. 6, 190; Ov. M. 1, 69.—

With et:

vix primos inopina quies laxaverat artus, Et superincumbens... liquidas projecit in undas Praecipitem,

Verg. A. 5, 857; so,

vix... et,

id. ib. 6, 498; Stat. Th. 5, 263; cf.:

vix... que,

Verg. A. 2, 692.—

With ellipsis of cum or et: vix proram attigerat, rumpit Saturnia funem, Verg. A. 10, 659; 8, 337:

vix bene desieram, rettulit illa mihi,

Ov. F. 5, 278; Phaedr. 4, 24, 28 sq.; so,

vix bene,

Ov. M. 2, 47.—

Strengthened by dum, and usually written in one word, vixdum, hardly then, scarcely yet:

Dolabella valde vituperabatur, quod tibi tam cito succederet, cum vixdum triginta dies in Syriā fuisses,

Cic. Fam. 12, 4, 2:

haec ego omnia vixdum etiam coetu nostro dimisso comperi,

id. Cat. 1, 4, 10:

(Hannibalem) vixdum puberem,

Liv. 21, 3, 2:

vixdum serio adnuere,

id. 39, 42, 12:

progressis vixdum quattuor milia passuum,

id. 44, 5, 1; 32, 28, 4; 10, 32, 7:

puer vixdum libertatem, nedum dominationem modice laturus,

id. 24, 4, 1:

vixdum dimidium dixeram: intellexerat,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 4:

vixdum epistulam tuam legeram, cum, etc.,

Cic. Att. 9, 2, A, 3.—So with et, Liv. 36, 12, 5; 43, 4, 10; Plin. Ep. 7, 33, 7.